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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Angela convinced to leave home at the time the Trippy Show is airing?
(a) Laurie promises to videotape it
(b) She doesn't want to miss the pony show
(c) She plans to watch a rerun
(d) Laurie promises to tell her about it

2. How was the Tripod that landed in the United States destroyed?
(a) By fighter-bombers
(b) It self-destructed
(c) By a nuclear missile
(d) By military tanks

3. Who is Pa's sister?
(a) Martha
(b) Verity
(c) Caroline
(d) Ilse

4. What is on the television when Laurie wakes the following morning?
(a) A newscast about a new wave of Tripods
(b) Music videos
(c) The Trippy Show
(d) A soap opera

5. What does Wild Bill say he did to another copy of the Daily Mail that addressed Trippies?
(a) Read it to the other teachers
(b) Took it home
(c) Burned it
(d) Tore it to shreds

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andy say the Tripod looks like?

2. What is the name of the family's boat?

3. How tall does Laurie say the Tripod is?

4. What is the warning given by the Head Man at school?

5. What does Andy suggest they do to get away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caroline say happened to Ian and Nathanael?

2. Briefly describe Andy and Laurie's sighting of the Tripod.

3. Describe Laurie's father.

4. What is the argument Ian and Nathanael give to try to convince Laurie to accept a Cap?

5. What is Angela's reaction when she learns that Laurie hadn't taped the Trippy show?

6. Why is the decision made for the family to take the boat out of the country?

7. What does Pa say were his thoughts and actions when he heard of the Tripod landing?

8. What does Wild Bill say each of the Tripods did after they landed the first time?

9. What is Aunt Caroline's reaction when Pa tells her about Angela's hypnosis by the Trippy Show?

10. Describe the encounter between the tank and the Tripod.

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